The upcoming Mortal Kombat continues to breath new life into the series as it pushes its marketing campaign into the world of prime time television. The unreleased game had a cameo appearance on The CW's new action drama series Nikita, starring Maggie Q and based of the Nikita name. The episode of appearance is #9, Dark Matter.

The show featured a short bout with two of the show's characters playing the game controlling Scorpion and Sub-Zero. The bout ends with Scorpion victorious and the winner proclaiming his victory was "killer instinct", perhaps yet another subtle nod to memorable fighting game from years past.

Click here to watch a clip from the episode on Kotaku. Thanks to forum member for the word on this story!